Make Your Wedding Fun For
All
by:
Jeff Lakie
People look forward to their wedding for
many years. And weddings really are mainly for
the bride and groom. But it should also be for
the guests, after all they are spending their
money and their time to see you getting
married. Here are some ways to make your
wedding special for you but still enjoyable
for your guests as well.
· Keep inside jokes, slide shows, and open
mikes to a minimum, especially if you have an
open mike. While these are funny for the
people telling them, and sometimes funny (but
usually embarrassing) for the bride and groom,
they often end of being tedious, embarrassing,
or offensive to the guests of the wedding.
· If there are a lot of out of town guests,
provide entertainment between wedding and the
reception while the bride and groom are taking
pictures. Many wedding guests enjoy a
beautiful wedding and look forward to a
delightful reception but have to into your a
couple hours of boredom in between if they are
in a town they have never been and don't know
anybody else the wedding.
· For after the reception, provide coupons
for entertainment or ideas. Your out-of-town
guests will appreciate it. Once the wedding is
over there is little much else for them to do
except go back to the hotel and fall asleep.
Your special day will be special for them as
well when they have a great time bowling or
going to the theater. And you can have a fun
time putting together a little book of
entertainment for them that includes coupons,
trivia, and photos of the bride and groom.
· Have a contest. People love the chance to
win something and you can have several of
those during your wedding. For example, if you
do not have assigned seating at the reception,
mark the bottom of a chair and give a prize to
the person with the mark chair. Or, put
everyone's name into a draw and draw a handful
of names to win prizes. Be sure to have
something for the kids to, like grab bags or
surprise box.
· Provide a nanny and children's room.
Weddings are pretty boring for children since
there isn't very much for them to do. Hire a
childcare worker to simply keep an eye on the
children in another room. Provide a few toys
and your guests will thank you for it.
